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Encyclopedia of disasters, environmental catastrophes and human tragedies, Angus M. Gunn

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Includes bibliographical references (pages [727]-728) and index

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environmental catastrophes and human tragedies

v.1 Guide to thematic entries -- Supervolcano Toba, Indonesia, 74,000 BC -- Rome, Italy, fire, 64 -- Pompeii, Italy, volcanic eruption, 79 -- Alexandria, Egypt, tsunami, 365 -- Antioch, Syria (now Antakya, Turkey), earthquake, 526 -- Constantinople, Byzantine Empire, Black Death plague, 542 -- Corinth, Greece, earthquake, 856 -- Damghan, Persia, earthquake, 856 -- Aleppo, Syria, earthquake, 1138 -- Shaanxi, China, earthquake, 1556 -- Arequipa, Peru, volcanic eruption, 1600 -- London, England, Black Death plague, 1665 -- London, England, fire, 1666 -- Port Royal, Jamaica, earthquake, 1692 -- Cascadia earthquake, 1700 -- Lisbon, Portugal, earthquake and tsunami, 1755 -- Massachusetts offshore earthquake, 1755 -- Bengal, India, famine, 1770 -- Connecticut earthquake, 1791 -- New Madrid, Missouri, earthquakes, 1811 and 1812 -- West Ventura, California, earthquake, 1812 -- Tambora, Indonesia, volcanic eruption, 1815 -- Natchez, Mississippi, tornado, 1840 -- Fort Tejon, California, earthquake, 1857 -- Calcutta, India, cyclone, 1864 -- Kau, Hawaii, earthquake, 1868 -- Chicago, Illinois, fire, 1871 -- Owens Valley, California, earthquake, 1872Bangladesh cyclone, 1876 -- Marshfield, Missouri, tornado, 1880 -- Georgia/South Carolina hurricane, 1881 -- Haiphong, Vietnam, typhoon, 1881 -- Krakatau, Indonesia, volcanic eruption, 1883 -- Charleston, South Carolina, earthquake, 1886 -- Yellow River, China, flood, 1887 -- Johnstown, Pennsylvania, flood, 1889 -- Louisville, Kentucky, tornado, 1890 -- Japan earthquake, 1891 -- Imperial Valley, California, earthquake, 1892 -- Georgia/South Carolina hurricane, 1893 -- Louisiana hurricane, 1893 -- St. Louis, Missouri, tornado, 1896 -- Sanriku, Japan, earthquake and tsunami, 1896 -- Assam, India, earthquake, 1897 -- Eureka, California, earthquake, 1899 -- New Richmond, Wisconsin, tornado, 1899 -- Yakutat, Alaska, earthquake, 1899 -- Galveston, Texas, hurricane, 1900 -- Cook Inlet, Alaska, earthquake, 1901 -- Mount Pelee volcanic eruption, 1902 -- Goliad, Texas, tornado, 1902 -- Santa Maria, Guatemala, volcanic eruption, 1902 -- Turtle Mountain, Alberta, Canada, landslide, 1903 -- Chicago, Illinois, fire, 1903 -- St. Petersburg, Russia, revolution, 1905 -- Mongolia earthquake, 1905 -- San Francisco, California. earthquake, 1906 -- Socorro 1, New Mexico, earthquake, 1906 -- Socorro 2, New Mexico, earthquake, 1906Ecuador offshore earthquake, 1906 -- Monongah, Pennsylvania, explosion 1907 -- Amite, Louisiana, tornado, 1908 -- Louisiana hurricane, 1909 -- Oregon earthquake, 1910 -- Titanic iceberg tragedy, 1912 -- Katmai, Alaska, volcanic eruption, 1912 -- Omaha, Nebraska, tornado, 1913 -- Texas hurricane, 1915 -- Pleasant Valley, Nevada, earthquake, 1915 -- Mattoon, Illinois, tornado, 1917 -- Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, explosion, 1917 -- World wide flu pandemic, 1918-1919 -- Mona Passage, Puerto Rico, earthquake, 1918 -- Vancouver Island, Canada, earthquake, 1918 -- Kelud, Indonesia, volcanic eruption, 1919 -- Florida/Gulf of Mexico hurricane, 1919 -- Humboldt, California, earthquake, 1923 -- Kamchatka, Russia, earthquake, 1923 -- Tokyo, Japan, earthquake, 1923 -- Charlevoix, Quebec, earthquake, 1925 -- Illinois/Indiana/Missouri tornado, 1925 -- Clarkston Valley, Montana, earthquake, 1925 -- Santa Barbara, California, earthquake, 1925 -- Florida hurricane, 1926 -- Lompoc, California, earthquake, 1927 -- St. Francis Dam failure, 1928 -- Lake Okecchobee hurricane, 1928 -- Stock Market Collapse, 1929 -- Grand Banks, Nova Scotia, earthquake, 1929 -- Ukraine catastrophe, 1932 -- Nevada earthquake, 1932 -- Sanriku, Japan, earthquake, 1933 -- Baffin Bay, Canada, earthquake, 1933 -- Bihar, India, earthquake, 1934 -- Quetta earthquake, 1935 -- Labor Day hurricane 1935 -- Gainesville tornado, 1936 -- Hindenburg crash, 1937 -- Nanking massacre, 1937v.2 New England hurricane, 1938 -- Imperial Valley, California, earthquake, 1940 -- Paricutin, Mexico, volcanic eruption, 1943 -- San Juan, Argentina, earthquake, 1944 -- Shinnston, West Virginia, tornado, 1944 -- Northeast United States hurricane, 1944 -- Cleveland, Ohio, gas explosion, 1944 -- Hiroshima, Japan, nuclear bomb, 1945 -- Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands, nuclear tests, 1946 -- Unimak, Alaska, tsunami, 1946 -- Vancouver Island, Canada, earthquake, 1946 -- Nankaido, Japan, earthquake, 1946 -- Woodward, Oklahoma, tornado, 1947 -- Texas City, Texas, explosion, 1947 -- Puget Sound, Washington, earthquake, 1949 -- Queen Charlotte Islands, Canada, earthquake, 1949 -- Assam, India, earthquake, 1950 -- Kern County, California, earthquake, 1952 -- Kamchatka, Russia, earthquake, 1952 -- London, England, suffocating smog, 1952 -- Netherlands (Holland) flood, 1953 -- Waco, Texas, tornado, 1953 -- Flint, Michigan, tornado, 1953 -- Fallon-Stillwater, Nevada, earthquake, 1954 -- Thalidomide drug tragedy, 1957 -- Lituya Bay, Alaska, earthquake, 1958 -- West Yellowstone, Montana, earthquake, 1959 -- Japan typhoon, 1959 -- Chile earthquake, 1960 -- New York City, New York, mid air collision, 1960 -- Tristan da Cunha volcanic eruption, 1961 -- Vaiont Dam, Italy, collapse, 1963Prince William Sound, Alaska, earthquake, 1964 -- Hurricane Betsy, 1965 -- Aberfan, South Wales, Britain, landslide, 1966 -- Hurricane Camille, 1969 -- Peru earthquake, 1970 -- Bangladesh cyclone, 1970 -- Iraq mercury poisoning, 1971 -- Hurricane Agnes, 1972 -- Munich, Germany, terrorism, 1972 -- Managua, Nicaragua, earthquake, 1972 -- Iceland volcanic eruption, 1973 -- Brisbane, Australia, flood, 1974 -- Kalapana, Hawaii, earthquake, 1975 -- Guatemala earthquake, 1976 -- Teton Dam, Idaho, collapse, 1976 -- Seveso, Italy, dioxin spill, 1976 -- Tangshan, China, earthquake, 1976 -- France oil spill, 1978 -- Love Canal, New York, contamination, 1978 -- Three Mile Island, Pennsylvania, nuclear accident, 1979 -- Mount St. Helens, Washington, volcanic eruption, 1980 -- Canada, sinking of oil platform, 1982 -- Coalinga, California, earthquake, 1983 -- Bhopal, India, gas poisoning, 1984 -- Air terrorism, 1985 -- Mexico earthquake, 1985 -- Nevado del Ruiz, Colombia, volcanic eruption, 1985 -- Challenger (space shuttle), Florida, fire/explosion, 1986 -- Chernobyl, Ukraine, nuclear accident, 1986Armenia earthquake, 1988 -- Alaska oil spill, 1989 -- Tiananmen Square, China, massacre, 1989 -- Loma Prieta, California, earthquake, 1989 -- Persian Gulf oil inferno, 1991 -- Mount Pinatubo, Philippines, volcanic eruption, 1991 -- Hurricane Andrew, 1992 -- New York City, New York, terrorism, 1993 -- Northridge, California, earthquake, 1994 -- Rwanda genocide, 1994 -- Kobe, Japan, earthquake, 1995 -- Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, terrorism, 1995 -- Srebrenica, Bosnia-Herzegovina, genocide, 1995 -- Red River flood, 1997 -- Hurricane Floyd, 1999 -- Peru offshore earthquake, 2001 -- Nine Eleven, New York City, New York, terrorism, 2001 -- United States anthrax terrorism, 2001 -- Sumatra, Indonesia, earthquake and tsunami, 2004 -- Northern California offshore earthquake, 2005 -- Hurricane Katrina, 2005 -- Pakistan earthquake, 2005 -- Taiwan earthquake, 2006 -- Greensburg, Kansas, tornado, 2007 -- Appendix 1: USGS list of worldwide earthquakes (1500-2007) -- Appendix 2: U.S. natural environments -- Appendix 3: World's deadliest disasters -- Appendix 4: Measuring natural disasters

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